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B. N. cABSON -8 A. A. MABTIN.

B0XINGG0vBL Patented Jnne 26, 1894.-

l NI f-ED... STATES PATENT EIoEe BoBBT NEDDEBMABK oBSN AND ABTUB A.MABTIN, OE SAN FBAN-- oISooo LIEo NIA, ASSIGNoBS To E E. T. ALLENooMPANY, OE SAME BoxINo-GLoVEr Boitknown thatwo, BoBET NDDBMABK OABSONond ABEU f. ffARTIN, oitizenS of the ITnited SfateS, fesiding in thooity ond oounty of San ranoiSoo, Stato of (olifornia, havo invonted anIII1p'lovoInonf in Boxing- Gloves; and Wo hoToby deolore tho fonowing tobo o fo11, oloor, and eXaot dosoription of the Sanlo.

Lo Ouf invention TelofeS to improvoments in boxing gloveS.

It ooIISiStS in ooftin details of oonstruotion, Whioh Will bo Inofe funyexplained by fofef enoototheaooompanyingdfaWingSjn Whioh Figuro 1 is avieW ShoWing tho pattern of tho baok aJS it iS oot ont alnd boforo it isnoado ll i 2 iS the a11n attern With thnmb Toinforoo. Fig, 3 is o Sideviow of the com pletod glove. I ig. 4: iS a baok viow showing 2o theglovo oloSed.

Tho objeot of oI1r invention iS to provido ooftain i[n ovoInentS in thotoasS of gloveS knoWn as boxing gloveS,

It oonSists in SIloh a forInation of fhe glove 2 5 thot itS IlorInol)oSition iS in thoforn1 of aJ oufve nearly appfoxin1ating to that vvhiohit Wi11 oooupy When upon tho hand of the llSof. TrnSverSe1y it iS InadoInIloh bfoodor aoroSS tho knuokloS and baok of the hand than it iS attho ends of tho ngeTs of of the WfiSt end, Whofoby tho pdding With Whiohit iS Hod, is Inaintoinod i11 itS appropriato plaoo oofosS tho knnokleS,and not aHoWed to beoomo dis laoed and Sli down to oithor end of tho 3 5glove, and the palfn iS So out and fitte(1 to tho thuInb tht the lattoriS Sot afonnd into the front of tho polm so as to oloso natorallyvvithout Strain and bo proteotod Whon fho hand iS olosod.

0 L iS tho baok of the glovo Whioh iS ol1f, aS Shown iI1 ig. 1, With itsgroatoSt bfedth ofoSS tho linoS oo. Efon1thiS pointit taperS to roundedond at o, and faperS to o diagona1 straight line Whioh forn1s tho vvrisfend 45 os shown at o.- vvhen the book is stitchod opon the palIn offronf 1), the groatesf dio111- etef iS oofoss the oentral ortion or portwhioh vi11 be iost above the knnokleS of tho oloSed fiSt. fon1 thiSpoint the glove taj )ofS to tho 5o olltof ond ond is Inodo n1noh longefthan tho oroinory form of glove. At tho inner end it is stitohed uponthe gaunflet or Wrist portion, ond itS oonneotion of thiS point ondvvitf1 tho sides of tho polm portion iS SI1oh that v7hon the glove iSfiniShed, it aI ayS reminS in onTved or sen1ioiroulaf fortn very nearlyap pfoohing thalt Which it oooupieS Whe n tho hand is oloSod, oS Shownin Eig. 3. Tho pm has aJ SogInent CZ oof sothat ono end roInainS joinedto the a1m, and thiS sofveS as o ToiD- oo foToo for tho inner Sido ofthe thI1Inb When tho ladttoI'iS attaohed. InStoad of oI1fting out thosegmont of tho side of tho palm fof tho ottaohmont of the thumb S thafthe latt r lies of ono sido and opproximotoly i]1 tho o 5 plono of thopa1, tho out ont portion iS oarfied fafther illto the palIn, 1eving SmanofeSoont oxtending around tho olltSido of the baso of the thuInb, andthis brin s tho thun1b aronnd iIlto opposition With the fifst ngor, 7oSo that Whon tho hand iS oloSod, tho thnn1b lies natnfally iI1 thoorvatnfe thus forn1od oli tho in11er Sido ond is bottor profeotod fromend blows, besiooS olosing nafurany into plooe vvithont Strain npon theoutSido Stitohes. Z 7 v-Shapod gofo iS let into o oofrosponding Spooeout oof of fhe front of tho vvriSt portion, ond on oIastio band oxtondSaofoSS this part to hold the g]ovo olosoly about tho vvfiSt,and yieldingto anow tho hond to paSS i11 putting on or foInoving the glove. v7hontho glovo iS pla,oed upon the hond and tho hond Shof, tho point of thog]ovo extondB doWn ovef tho aln1 of the hand aS far aS the vvrist, thothomb E 1ies in tho hoHow formed by this folding of the glove in thoosual Inonnof of Snoh gloveS,

So tht tho nator1 form of tho glovo iS tho Sogmont1 onfvo all Stfain iStakon ffoIn tho leother, thero is I10 tondenoy to too tho Stitohes atthe WfiSt of to foroo the fingorS throogh tho oo palm in the attenopt tooloso tho hond and tho baok of tho glovo iS oI1ooth ond Boff. Thopadding, by reaSon of tho gfeator breadth aoroSS tho knnokles has otendenoy to reInain of that point, and oannot bo forood to either 9 5ond So aS to Inoke tho padding thinner of to oxpose tho knookles at thotpoint. o )11 pdding iS IleooSSory in g1oes of thiS oon Struotion. Byfeoson oflength of tho glovo, and the ti oxtending So faf dOWn u )ontflo Ioo vvist, What is known aS heeling of bIOWS With the paln1 andbase 0 the thumb afe impossible- It Will be Inanifest that the formInade broadoaSt at the knnokleB and ta ering to either or both endS m3ybe emp10yod with al g10ve nornlally open of norn1aHy oloSed, and theglove Inay have the normaHy oloSed oon Struotion independent of thetapering foI'n1.

Iaving t 11S desoribed oI11, invention, What We claim as eW, and desireto Secure by IJetteTS I atent, iS

1. The iIn )I'()ve11ont in boxing gloveS o0 Sisting of tho baok nadebroadeSt in the oen tef, tapering tOWard the endS of the fingers ndt0Wrd the vvriSt, in conjnnotion With the palm )iece to Which the bok isStitohed So as to for111 oufved Segn1ent vvhen tho glove is finiShed,snbStantiaHy as herein deSoribed.

2. I11 a boxing glove, the back madebmad i11 the oenter and tapofingtOWar(1 the nger ends and vvrist, a alm iece to which the back iSstitched S0 t0 prodnoe pormnent nor- II1Iourvatnre froII1 WfiSt t0 ng6ftip, thuInb itted int0 the pahn in opposition to the fingorS 1[n andWrist, and a thumb set into the 1m to Stnd 110rmHyin oppoSition With the[in gel'S vhereby it oloSeS int0 the ourvaturoInado by o1OSing tho hand,vvibhonb Strain upon the Stitohing, SubStantially S heein deSoribed.

In vitneSS Whereof We have heTennto set onf handS.

BOBT. NEDDEBMABK OABSON. ABTHUB A. MABTIN.

